Earliest high mountain settlement identified in Ethiopia
An international research team discovered the oldest high mountain dwelling at an altitude of almost 3,500 meters in Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains. (SWI swissinfo.ch) – Stone Age […]
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More than 870,000 children in Ethiopia miss out on lifesaving measles, diphtheria and tetanus vaccines in 2018
New global estimates by WHO and UNICEF find dangerous stagnation of global rates of measles, diphtheria and tetanus vaccinations, due to conflict, inequality and complacency […]
Research and Markets: Ethiopia ― Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband – Statistics and Analyses
Ethiopia’s broadband market is set to develop further following substantial increases in international bandwidth, improvements in national fiber backbone infrastructure and the growing availability of […]
European Union grants EUR 33.5 million to Ethiopia in support of disaster risk reduction
ADDIS ABABA (Ministry of Finance) – The Ethiopian Government and the European Union (EU) signed a financing agreement amounting to EUR 33.5 million (ETB 1.085 […]
Ethiopia to issue bid for six solar power projects costing close to USD 800 million
Feasibility studies for all the seven hydropower, six solar power and three road projects were conducted and both local and international companies invited to bid […]
Nearly 36 million children in Ethiopia are poor and lack access to basic social services, a new report reveals
The analysis, UNICEF Ethiopia jointly conducted with relevant government partners, reveals that 88 per cent or 36.2 million children are multi-dimensionally poor, defined as a […]
Mosquito known to transmit malaria has been detected in Ethiopia for the first time
Anopheles stephensi Liston mosquito is a major malaria vector with a geographical range from the Middle East through the Indian subcontinent and China. WACO, TX […]
African Development Bank Group approves US$123 million grant for Ethiopia’s Basic Services Transformation Program
The Basic Services Transformation Program Supplementary Financing was developed jointly by the African Development Fund and the Government of Ethiopia, in close consultation with key […]
Ethiopia: Cradle of Culture ― UNESCO-inscribed World Heritage Sites
(Selamta Magazine)–Ethiopia boasts a wide-ranging set of scenes and sights, including nine UNESCO-inscribed ‘world heritage sites’. In 2016, Ethiopia earned a new moniker: “The Land […]
Ethiopia to get national soil map soon: Agricultural Transformation Agency
The EthioSIS Project was launched in 2012 to transform the agriculture sector by improving the fertility of farming soil to support agricultural transformation. ADDIS ABABA (ENA)–The […]